Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
Transport
BA Strike Ballot: Cabin Crew vow to fight on “well into the summer”
Film length: 5:57 British Airways mixed fleet cabin crew are determined to continue strike action “well into the summer” if their demands for a living wage are not met. The crew’s mandate for strike action […]
Education
John Roan strike: academy sponsor UST withdraws
Film length: 6:46 ***UPDATE: UST ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 20 THAT THEY ARE PULLING OUT OF JOHN ROAN! GMB support staff at John Roan school took another three days of strike action this week over the […]
Housing/Gentrification
Spectacular victory for St. Mungo’s Broadway strikers
Film length: 10:52 A spectacular victory – and a potentially very significant one – for St. Mungo’s Broadway housing workers, just as they were about to embark on 10 straight days of strike action. Management […]